Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-18
Town AND COUNTY.

The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Indian Territory, and are expected to
reach the Texas line before December.
There are strong indications that Nc
Kinney and Fort Worth will soon be
connected by steel rails. TIE GAZETTE
knew it was only question of time.
The long-ieaVed pines of Southeastern
Texas are making sweet music in the
bree yes, and the refrain is that Hunting
ton ia coming with the Fort Worth and
New Orleans.
The Fort Worth and New Orleans,
when extended by Mr.. HuntiDg ton, will
be in fact what Ii now is in name. The
northwest extension of this road will bear
different title, to be determined later.
The Houston and Texas Central is q
great developer and Fort Worth would
where it owns vast quantities Of valuable
lands. The Central will yet become a
great railroad for Fort Worth.
ALI the railroads centering in Fort
Worth are making arrangements to reach
the Fort Worth Union Stockysrds. In
side of six months these yards will be
the business place in the state of Texas.
In nth Fort Worth street called
Ssockyard avenue has already been
graded and graveled. 1t is wide
thoroughfsre, and will be highway of no
mean Importance.
The citizens OF Denver will own winter
residences In Fort Worth, and Fort
Worthians will have summer residences
ia Denver, wien the crest trunk line OF
the Fort Worth and Denver is completed.
Denverites can leave the region OF ice
and snow and be in Fort Worth, the home
of the almond, cotton, peach, apple and
artesisn water, with an average winter
temperature Of Csc, after ride of only
thirty-four hours. On to Denver.
Track laying on the st. Louis, Arkan-
mas and Texas is progressing rapidly.
The track is now laid past Wylie, end
will be completed to Plano by Saturday
night next, the 10Th instant. Between
December 10 and I5 the track will reach
Grapevine in this county and will be in
Fort Worth by January 5. PiIing is dis
tributed for several miles this side Of
Grapevine, aud the pile driver is at work
on Big Bear creek. The grading at
Fossil in this county, which Is very
he.vy, is fairly under way, but fifty
additiOusl teams will go to work
| there on Monday. There are two or three
pieces Of right Of wsy still to be pur-
chased but this will be settled during the
week. Inside of sixty days the Cotton
Belt will be doing business at the railroad
center.
The fact that 1888 is presidential year
| will have no eject oD railroad construc-
| ticn in Texas, for several companies have
made preparations TO build number Of
miles of road. The Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific will put in the entire year in
| building IN the Indian Territory and
| Texas. TIE Fort Worth and Rio Grande
| will build $50 or 200 miles Of road. The
Fort Worth and Denver will be busy con-
structing its main lire and branches
until the middle of the year.
The St. Louis and San Francisco
will build its air line to Fort Worth. The
! St. Louis, Arkansas snd Texas will com
plete its Commerce-Fort Worth and Cor
| sicana. Hillsboro lines, and then take up
| its Chandler Fort Worth line. The Fort
! Worth and New Orleans will shoot out
southeast to the pineries. The Missouri
Pacific will extend the east line from
! Mckinney to Fort Worth, finish
its line from Bss!rep TO Houston,
and build its road to Hillsboro
and Waco. The Fort Worth Western
will build TO Spring town, Jscksboro and
| G-ahsm. The DenisoD, Bonham and
New Orleans will be ct work ell year ex
tending its lines. The Gulf, Colorado AID
Santa Fe will construct it's Farmersville-
Fort Worth line, and viii probably build